Delaware (Georgian Escalation)

Flag of Delaware

Delaware was the first state to join the United States of America. Delaware was one of the 13 colonies participating in the American Revolution and gained statehood on December 7, 1787. Its capital was Dover and its largest city was Wilmington. Delaware had a population of 871,749 in 2007, with that number dropping to ~300,000 by 2035.

History

Pre-Judgement Day

Like in World War I, the state enjoyed a big stimulus to its gunpowder and shipyard industries in World War II. New job opportunities during and after the war in the Wilmington area coaxed Black people from the southern counties to move to the city. The proportion of blacks constituting the city's population rose from 15% in 1950 to over 50% by 1980. The surge of Black migrants to the north sparked white flight, in which middle-class whites moved from the city to suburban areas, leading to de facto segregation of Northern Delaware's society. In the 1940s and 1950s, Delaware attempted to integrate its schools, although the last segregated school in the state did not close until 1970. The University of Delaware admitted its first black student in 1948, and local courts ruled that primary schools had to be integrated. Delaware's integration efforts partially inspired the US Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education, which found racial segregation in United States public schools to be unconstitutional. The result of the Brown ruling was that Delaware became fully integrated, albeit with time and much effort.

In October 1954, the city of Milford became the scene of one of the country's first pro-segregation boycotts after eleven Black students were enrolled in the previously all-white Milford High School. Mass protests continued in Milford; the school board eventually ceded to the protestors, expelling the Black students. The ensuing unrest, which included cross burnings, rallies, and pro-segregation demonstrations, contributed to desegregation in most of Southern Delaware being delayed for another ten years. Sussex County did not start closing or integrating its segregated schools until 1965, 11 years after the Brown ruling. Throughout the state, integration only encouraged more white flight, and poor economic conditions for the black population led to some violence during the 1960s. Riots broke out in Wilmington in 1967 and again in 1968 in response to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr, after which the National Guard occupied the city for nine months to prevent further violence.

Since WWII, the state has been generally economically prosperous and enjoyed relatively high per capita income because of its location between major cities like Philadelphia, New York, and Washington, DC. Its population grew rapidly, particularly in the suburbs in the north where New Castle County became an extension of the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Americans, including migrants from Puerto Rico, and immigrants from Latin America flocked to the state. By 1990, only 50% of Delaware's population consisted of natives of the state.

During & After Judgement Day

On August 9, 2008, a second sun rose over Willmington, as people in Dover woke up to smashed windows. A 50kt Russian warhead detonated above Willmington, in what would be known as the start of World War III, better known as Judgement Day. The rest of 2008 and much of 2009 had Delaware going in a spiral to calamity. Law & order broke down during the first 14 days as people had assumed that the United States was the last remaining beacon of humanity. Law and order fell around most areas, as police were killed off by raiders & gangs.

Survivor States

• So far, only one survivor state has originated: the Republic of Delaware, established on December 5, 2017. Making up all counties of Delaware, thereby taking some Virginia counties.